The name Laura has been used for a total of five tropical cyclones worldwide: In the North Atlantic: * Tropical Storm Laura (1971) – a system that formed off Panama, looped south of western Cuba, and landed in southern Belize * Tropical Storm Laura (2008) – a large but short-lived system that remained in the open ocean * Hurricane Laura (2020) – developed in the Caribbean Sea before growing into a powerful Category 4 hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico before making landfall in Louisiana In the Western Pacific: * Typhoon Laura (1947) (T4710) In the Southern Indian Ocean: * Cyclone Laura (1967)